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Monday, June 8, 2009

I spent the night in the emergency room and all I got were these lousy bruises

The first week of my summer vacation did not exactly start as planned. Sunday night I started having major pain in my lower abdomen. It felt as though my uterus was falling out of my body while at the same time, someone was shoving a pipe up my rectum.

Was that too much information?

It brought me to my knees and I commenced to writhing on the floor in a sweaty, sobbing heap of misery. We called my mom, she got in the car, and started the 30 minute drive. I decided I couldn't wait 30 minutes and had my husband's cousin come sit at the house with the sleeping children while my hubby drove me to the ER.

We arrived at the ER at 10:30 Sunday night. We had a lovely nurse who informed me I had "small vein syndrome." She messed and messed and declared my veins too small to work with. (I found it ironic that the ONLY small thing on my body is my veins. Hmpf.) After 2 failed attempts at starting an IV, another nurse came in and finally got one started.

Hello, morphine.

When I finally calmed down, the nice doctor came in and pushed on my abdomen, asking if it hurt. I am pretty sure when I grunted, yelled, and pushed his arm away, he knew the answer.

After an x-ray, regular CT scan, downing 3 huge bottles of contrasting liquid, another CT scan, and multiple trips to the restroom, I was finally dismissed at 5:30 a.m. with the diagnosis of a ruptured ovarian cyst.

I didn't get much sleep, obviously. But at least I had a hospital bed/cart. My poor hubby sat on a chair with his head against a metal filing cabinet for the 7 hour visit. Luckily we were able to get home and get in a couple hours of sleep before the kids woke up.

I am still sore and have such a bloated, heavy, full stomach. Cole was so sweet when he first woke up, announcing he would do everything for me today. The second thing I asked him to do for me?

Been there! Done that! Mine ruptured at work. Your uterus is going to let you know exactly where it is for a few days. The fluid that erupts causes alot of swelling and inflamation. Take your tylenol and ibuprofen on time and get some rest (I know...hard to do). Your body will heal itself. And if you remember which side you felt the pain on, you'll at least know with ovary is evil! Mine is my right...if I ever have to have one removed, I'm voting it off my reproductive island. *hugs*

I missed something. What caused the bruises? My history degree is awesome, but it doesn't allow me to diagnose things like this. Glad you're better - I'll be posting more from summer school - stay tuned!

Oh my! Another reason why being a woman is SO fun. Seriously, do we get ANY breaks?? (PMS, giving birth, ovaries, etc., etc.) :)

Cracking up at "do I have to do everything around here?" So funny!

Glad that you are doing OK although now I feel really guilty asking about your blog design. As if you didn't have anything more pressing on your mind. I guess that I didn't read this early enough in the day. Thanks for the response despite all of this :)

When you're a mom, there's no such thing as too much information! Feel better soon! I pray that your summer will be long on the joy found in sunshine, the peace found in no school work, and the awesomeness of your children who make the hands move on the clock!

Oh Honey, I'm so sorry! I've had this happen too-thought i was DYING! LOL that you said that your veins were the only small things on you-GIRL I ain't even got small veins so you got me beat there! HUGS-hope you are back to 100% soon!

So sorry that you had to start your summer this way -- I know you hate to be out of commission. And listen, from one small-vein-person to another, I feel your pain. It all depends on the skill and patience of the person with the needle -- I've had to go back three times to get blood at one doctor's office and at another it's as quick and painless as anything. We're thinking of you!

Well crap. I leave for a few days, and you have to go and rupture something?!?! Hope you're feeling better now. Let me know if you want to ship your kids over here Thursday or Friday! And small veins? Suck. Mine roll all over, and I always warn them that they roll. Then the person digging the crap out of my arm will act all indignant, like they can't BELIEVE they can't get a vein. Shove off bitch.

Feeling your pain, sista. I've had ovarian cysts before, and while I've never had one burst like that, I've had them create lots o' pain and it isn't fun at all.

Also, I hate needles. You can thank the blood bank for a local hospital for never getting any of my A positive again. Second time I donated they missed my vein and scraped up my arm. Hurt so bad I could've puked.

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